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Volume 33
License Tag
Costs More
This Year
The application cards neces
sary for obtaining 1970 license
plates were placed in the mail
on December 18. Department
of Motor Vehicles officials ex*
pect this huge mailing, esti -
mated at more than 3,300,000
cards, to be delivered by Jan
uary 1.
Motorists will be paying
more for their 1970 plates than
they have been paying in the
past. The registration fees
were increased about 2596 by
the 1969 Legislature. This
does not apply to North Caro
lina's amputee war veterans
and those war veterans having
a 10096 disability rating by the
Veterans Administration. They
will get their tags free!
The new reflectorized red
and white plates will go on
sale throughout the State on
January 2. The 1969 plates
expi;*e December 31 and their
use beyond that date is per -
missable only if they are duly
registered by the Department
to the vehicle on which dis
play is made. Owners who
have their vehicles proper lyre
gist ered by the Department do
have until February 16 to get
new plates.
Surrounding area residents
may obtain plates at Yancey
Credit Bureau Office on the
square. Office hours will be
(Cont'd on page 4)
Photo by John Robinson
Snow For Christmas
Yancey Countians who have been "Dreaming Os
A White Christmas" are seeing their dream come
true this year. The snow looks as though it's finally
here to stay for the rest of the winter season A
mixed blessing for those who believe snow and Christ -
mas go hand in hand,but who also hove to drive in it!
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Burnsville Defies Stereotype
Says Leading Canadian Paper
Throughout the year we
have tried to convey our pricfe
in Yancey County, our con
fidence in its present and our
hope for its future, through
articles and editorials. We
offer as a Christmas Bonus,ano
ther article written about our
area.
This article, presented in
Thursday/ December 25, 1969
its entirety, was printed in the
November 15, 1969 issue of
the Montreal Star, a leadiig
Canadian daily newspaper}
"BURNSVILLE,N. C. - This
Appalachian town is probaUy
as tucked away and as non -
commercial a place as can be
found today. Yet, it is well
appointed for entertainment
Westco Employee Credited
With Saving Woman’s Life
Installer Coy Edwards, an
employee of Westco Telephone
Company of Burnsville, was -
credited with the possibilityof
saving a human life Tuesday,
December 16, 1969.
Edwards was dispatched to
the residence of Mss. Herman
Petesson for the purpose of in -
stalling a telephone. Upon his
arrival at the Peteisonresidmce
Edwards was met at the door by
the Petesson children, approxi
mate ages 3 and 4 who to Id
him their mother was dead
and to please help them. Ed -
wards entered the house and
found Mb. Peterson uncon -
scious lying an the floor. He
immediately summoned the
ambulance, and after placing
the children in the care of a
neighbor, went with the am
bulance to the hospital.
of a certain kind, and for car
ing far one's physical needs in
a mare or less standard tourist
way.
'lt is situated 37 miles north'
east of Asheville and at the
foot of a massive range o f
mountains, the Blacks (part
of the Blue Ridge), ft is the
(Cont'd on page 17)
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Coy Edwards
Edwards' quick response in
this emergency was an act to
be commended. The doctor
in charge at the hospital said
that if Mrs. Peterson had not
been found by Edwards atthe
time, the incident could have
possibly proved fatal.
Number Sixty-So vea
Road Side
Massacre
In Yancey
By James R. Covington
U. S. Forest Service
Are YOU participating in
an all out effort to completely
destroy the natural beauty of
Yancey County? YanceyCcun
ty and surrounding Western N.
C. comities have long been
noted for some of the most
beautiful scenery in the United
States. Maybe time las come
for us to take a look at our
comity through the eyes of our
guests and visitors.
Visitors pour into Yancey
County in numbers exceeding
1,000,000 visits per year.
From where do they come ;vhat
are they seeking; what do we
have that is not available in
their own region; why do they
pick Yancey County? These
questions have a thousand an
swers; certainly no one could
list them all, but when we ask
our visitors these questions the
most frequent replies are that
they come from 50 state* and
over 50 foreign countries seek
ing a variety of things in which
Western North Carolina excels
To one family Yancey County
is a wonderful place for a
week of camping, hiking and
picnicing; to another it is a
delightful vacation of sight -
ieeing and clean fresh air with
out the "hustle - bustle" of
day-to-day routine. To the
sportsman Yancey County is a
long anticipated deer hunt or
a fishing trip on CaneorSouth
Toe River in pursuit of the
elusive trout. To still another
person Yancey Comity is a
place of peace and serenity, a
place where a man can medi
tate and slow down long amgi
to take stock of himself thing?
around him, and the world
in general.
Yes, YanceyCountyhas
certainly been blessed with
its share of natural beauty; a
generous "Mother Nature" has
smiled on us, but what are we
doing with this wonderful re -
source of nature? We are slow
ly but surely destroying it with
waste, garbage, and other
forms of residue. Streams are
completely camouflaged with
a blanket of cans, plastic jugs
and paper. The roadsides of
major highways and scenic
routes have turned into massire
garbage dumps. No one dares
to drink from a stream if there
is a house above, became it
(Cont'd on page 15)